Erasing the background of left-hand fingerings inside the staff

By default in Dorico Pro, left-hand fingerings have erased backgrounds because they are often placed in the staff on staff lines. You can change whether individual left-hand fingerings have erased backgrounds or not.

Note

These steps only apply to left-hand fingerings belonging to fretted instruments.

Procedure

  1. In Engrave mode, select the left-hand fingerings whose background erasure you want to change.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate Erase background in the Fingering and Positions group.
  3. Activate/Deactivate the corresponding checkbox.

Result

The backgrounds of the selected left-hand fingerings are erased when the checkbox is activated, and not erased when the checkbox is deactivated.

When the property is deactivated, left-hand fingerings follow your project-wide setting for erased backgrounds.

Tip

You can find the default setting for erasing the backgrounds of all left-hand fingerings project-wide by clicking Advanced Options in the Design section of the Fingering page in Engrave > Engraving Options.

Example

Figure 1. Left-hand fingerings with erased backgrounds
Figure 2. Left-hand fingerings without erased backgrounds